ALSO VISIT: Higher Computing Quizzes
EXAM FLASHCARDS: Use these to help with your exams
TOPIC 1 – Data Representation
- Two’s Complement Exemplar
- Units of Storage Revision
- Binary/Decimal Conversion Exercise
- 16-bit Conversion
- Two’s Complement Example
- Two’s Complement Calculator
- Two’s Complement Exercise
- Representing Graphics – video slides
- Representing Text – video slides
- Representing Numbers – video slides
- Binary Number Representation – video slides
- Conversion Calculations
- More conversion questions
- Representing Text
- Table of Bit-Depth
- Calculating Bit-mapped Images
- File Compression
TOPIC 2 – Computer Structure
- Why use Binary?
- Computer Organisation Slides
- Memory – video slides
- Processor Structure – video slides
- Computer Performance: Benchmarking – video slides
- ALU, Control Unit and Registers
- Processor Buses
- Cache Memory
- BBC Bitesize – Backing Storage revision
- Speed of Data Transfer
- Measuring System Performance
- Computer Structure Revision Questions
- Calculating Address Bus Width
TOPIC 3 – Peripherals
TOPIC 4 – Networking
- Simplified Computer Networking Theory
- The Data Protection Act 1998: Wikipedia article
- The Computer Misuse Act 1990: Legislation.gov.uk
- The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988: Legislation.gov.uk
- YouTube Copyright School: YouTube.com
TOPIC 5 – Computer Software
TOPIC 1 – Software Development Process
TOPIC 2 – Languages and Environments
- Languages and Environments EXAM STYLE QUESTIONS 1
- Languages and Environments EXAM STYLE QUESTIONS 1: PDF
- Recording a Macro in Excel 2007 – Video
TOPIC 3 – High Level Language Constructs
TOPIC 4 – Standard Algorithms
TOPIC 1 – Development Process for Multimedia Applications
TOPIC 2 – Bit-mapped Graphic Data
TOPIC 3 – Digitised Sound Data
TOPIC 4 – Video Data
TOPIC 5 – Vector Graphics Data
TOPIC 6 – Synthesised Sound Data
TOPIC 7 – Implications of the use of Multimedia Technology
N.B. – No materials here are SQA approved NABs. All materials here have been designed to assist pupils in preparation for their Theory and Practical in-house assessments.
- Software Development NAB/Exam revision quiz
- Computer Systems NAB/Exam revision quiz
- Computer Systems NAB Revision Slides (animated)
- Higher Computer Systems – NAB Revision 2
- Multimedia Technology NAB/Exam revision quiz
*Programming examples can now be found at on our Programming page.